TYLER, Texas — After recently holding a town hall meeting about immigration enforcement, Smith County Sheriff Larry Smith is clarifying his stance on Texas and U.S. immigration policies.

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has made enacting a "school choice" plan his top priority for 2025. But an Austin Democrat is ...

Members of the Texas Senate's Criminal Justice Committee heard testimony Wednesday on five bail-related bills aimed at ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is pushing for lawmakers to pass a $1 billion voucher program that would create state-funded ...

Higher education costs are not a one-size-fits-all problem, and the solutions should reflect our universities' diverse ...

Greg Abbott, in the middle of his third term with an eye on a ... the site of Arnold Oil Co.'s plant in southeast Austin when ...

The real problem our schools in Texas face is a lack of state investment. The proposed $10,000 private school voucher makes ...

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Texas Senate reviews federal budget impacts on schools and property taxes amidst public education funding debates.

Since Texas passed a law in 2023 requiring public school districts to have an armed officer at each campus, districts have ...

A Texas Senate bill to raise the homestead exemption and provide relief to the state's property taxpayers quickly passed out ...

During his State of the State address, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott declared bail reform an emergency item, allowing the ...